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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-21
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We studied aquaporins in maize (Zea mays), an important crop in which numerous studies on plant water relations have been carried out. A maize cDNA, ZmTIP1, was isolated by reverse transcription-coupled PCR using conserved motifs from plant aquaporins. The derived amino acid sequence of ZmTIP1 shows 76% sequence identity with the tonoplast aquaporin gamma-TIP (tonoplast intrinsic protein) from Arabidopsis. Expression of ZmTIP1 in Xenopus laevis oocytes showed that it increased the osmotic water permeability of oocytes 5-fold; this water transport was inhibited by mercuric chloride. A cross-reacting antiserum made against bean alpha-TIP was used for immunocytochemical localization of ZmTIP1. These results indicate that this and/or other aquaporins is abundantly present in the small vacuoles of meristematic cells. Northern analysis demonstrated that ZmTIP1 is expressed in all plant organs. In situ hybridization showed a high ZmTIP1 expression in meristems and zones of cell enlargement: tips of primary and lateral roots, leaf primordia, and male and female inflorescence meristems. The high ZmTIP1 expression in meristems and expanding cells suggests that ZmTIP1 is needed (a) for vacuole biogenesis and (b) to support the rapid influx of water into vacuoles during cell expansion.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0032-0889
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1143-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Aquaporins, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Cross Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Immune Sera, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Ion Channels, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Seeds, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Xenopus laevis, pubmed-meshheading:9701570-Zea mays
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of a maize tonoplast aquaporin expressed in zones of cell division and elongation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't